The Movie
This comedian and filmmaker wrote, directed, and produced Get Out.
Who is Jordan Peele?
This literary lens studies the lasting effects of colonialism.
What is the post-colonial lens?
This place symbolizes Chris losing his voice and control.
What is the Sunken Place?
This character is Chris Washington’s girlfriend.
Who is Rose Armitage?
This actor plays Chris Washington in Get Out.
Who is Daniel Kaluuya?
Post-colonial theory focuses heavily on these unequal relationships between groups.
What are power imbalances?
The film critiques this behaviour where people pretend to support equality while still benefiting from oppression.
What is performative liberalism / false allyship?
This setting appears peaceful but hides disturbing secrets.
What is the Armitage family estate?
Chris visits this person’s family for the first time.
Who is Rose Armitage?
This post-colonial theorist wrote Orientalism.
Who is Edward Said?
The white guests admire Chris’s body as if it were this.
What is a product / commodity?
This TSA officer and Chris’s best friend helps uncover the truth.
Who is Rod Williams?
The genre of Get Out is primarily this type of film.
What is horror / psychological thriller?
Post-colonial theory emerged during these decades.
What are the 1960s and 1970s?
This quote by Dean Armitage is meant to prove he is “not racist.”
What is “I would have voted for Obama a third time”?
These two house workers behave strangely throughout the film.
Who are Walter and Georgina?
This yearly event allows wealthy white guests to bid on Black individuals.
What is the Armitage family auction?
This is the process where dominant groups erase or control another group’s identity and culture.
What is cultural domination / assimilation?
The film shows how Black culture is admired while Black people themselves are still oppressed. This is called this.
What is cultural appropriation?
This object is used by Missy Armitage to hypnotize Chris.
What is the teacup?